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Polar
Bears

January / February 2018
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Why?NATURE CHARLES BRUTLAG / SHUTTERSTOCK

climb on rocks or logs?

LOG

Many turtles spend most of their time
in the water. They climb onto rocks or
logs to warm up in the sun. Then they
go back into the water.

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SORTING

What Is Different?

Look at each picture in the top row.
Find the differences between it and the one below.

MARTIN MECNAROWSKI / SHUTTERSTOCK (DUCKS); ART STOCKER / SHUTTERSTOCK (BEAR); RA.PHOTO / SHUTTERSTOCK (DOORS)

Find one Find two Find three
difference. differences. differences.

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NATURE

That’s Cool!

Meet the olinguito. (SAY: oh-lin-GHEE-toh)

The
olinguito
lives in trees
in the rain
forest.

This Olinguitos © TUI DE ROY / MINDEN PICTURES
animal eats sleep during
mostly fruit. the day and
It also eats search for food

insects. at night.

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TOP ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): © D. HURST / ALAMY; TODD GIPSTEIN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE; DORLING KINDERSLEY / GETTY IMAGES.
MIDDLE ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): DORLING KINDERSLEY / GETTY IMAGES; © D. HURST / ALAMY; © COLIN COOKE / STOCKFOOD. BOTTOM
ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): © EXACTOSTOCK / SUPERSTOCK; © STOCKFOOD / GLASSHOUSE IMAGES; © JACK HOLLINGSWORTH / CORBIS.

NAME SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SQUARE. —APKINS —ILLOW —RACKER NAMING

5n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c —AFFLES —INDOW —LOCKS What in theWorld AreThese?

—HECKERBOARD —HOCOLATE —ABLE

ANIMALS

POLAR
BEARS

At Home in Snow

NOW
SHOWING!

POLAR
BEAR
VIDEO

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Polar bears sleep in snow.
They play in snow.They
even clean themselves
with snow.

A thick fur coat helps keep
polar bears warm. Fur on the
bottom of their big feet helps
them walk on snow and ice.

ART WOLFE / GETTY IMAGES (BIG PICTURE); © FLIP NICKLIN / MINDEN PICTURES (PAW) This bear’s
paws are as
big as dinner

plates.

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Polar bear CUB
cubs stay with
their mother until
they are about
two years old.

These bears
hunt near holes in
the ice. They catch
seals that swim up

to breathe air.

The color of its fur helps a polar
bear hide in snow.That way it can
sneak up on its favorite meal, a seal.

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Polar bears do not get cold
very often. But they do get
hot.They cool off by rolling
in snow or diving into the
icy sea. Splash!

Polar bears are
good swimmers.

They paddle
through the water
with their paws.

FRED BRUEMMER / GETTY IMAGES (HUNTING); THOMAS KOKTA / GETTY 9n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c
IMAGES (WITH CUB); © FLIP NICKLIN / MINDEN PICTURES (SWIMMING)

IDENTIFYING

HEY, BABY!

Some baby animals look like their parents, only
smaller. Others look different until they grow up.
Use your finger to draw a line from each baby
animal to its parent.

CHEETAH

PENGUIN

Which
babies
have fur?

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AFRICAN WILD DOG

SEAL Find
all the
Can you animals
find an adult with
animal with a spots.
green head?
n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i 1 1c DUCK

SOLVIN ZANKL / VISUALS UNLIMITED INC. / GETTY IMAGES (BABY PENGUIN); MACIEJ OLSZEWSKI / SHUTTERSTOCK (ADULT DUCK); HPHIMAGELIBRARY / GETTY IMAGES (BABY WILD DOG); VLASTA
KASPAR / SHUTTERSTOCK (BABY DUCK); GER BOSMA / GETTY IMAGES (ADULT WILD DOG); STUART G PORTER / SHUTTERSTOCK (BABY CHEETAH); © RHINIE VAN MEURS / NIS / MINDEN PICTURES
(ADULT PENGUIN); LOOKINGFORCATS / SHUTTERSTOCK (ADULT CHEETAH); GALEN ROWELL / GETTY IMAGES (ADULT SEAL); STEFAN CHRISTMANN / GETTY IMAGES (BABY SEAL)

ANIMALS

12 J a n u a r y / F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 8 MALE

Male
mandrills
have brighter
colors than
females.

© THOMAS MARENT / MINDEN PICTURES (MALE);
EDWIN BUTTER / SHUTTERSTOCK (FEMALE WITH BABY)

COLORFUL

MANDRILLS

Big monkeys with red-and-blue
faces wander through the rain
forest.They are called mandrills.

Mandrills use
their hands to
pick up fallen fruit
BABY and seeds on the
ALE ground.They also
eat mushrooms
and insects.

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These monkeys
save some of
their food in
their cheeks.
Then they snack
on it later.

A mandrill
uses its hands

and feet to
walk.

At night, Mandrills
mandrills live in
climb into
trees to groups called
sleep. troops.

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MORE There are over

MONKEYS 200 kinds of
monkeys. Here

VERVET
MONKEY

PROBOSCIS DUSKY LEAF
MONKEY MONKEY

GOLDEN SNUB- 15
NOSED MONKEY

© ANUP SHAH / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES (MANDRILL WALKING);
© THOMAS MARENT / MINDEN PICTURES (MANDRILL IN TREE); FLPA / BERND
ROHRSCHNEIDER / REX / SHUTTERSTOCK (VERVET); YUSNIZAM YUSOF /
SHUTTERSTOCK (PROBOSCIS); © CYRIL RUOSO / MINDEN PICTURES
(GOLDEN); SOMPONG TOKRAJANG / SHUTTERSTOCK (DUSKY)

MATCHING

FRUIT FUN

Use your finger to draw a line from each whole
fruit to the picture that shows what it looks
like on the inside.

KIWI

APPLE Point
to all the
seeds.

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What is your ORANGE
favorite kind

of fruit?

PEACH

Which kinds
of fruit are
fuzzy on the
outside?

WATERMELON

SUPERHEANG168 / SHUTTERSTOCK (WATERMELON HALF); CHVIROJ / SHUTTERSTOCK (ORANGE HALF); 1 7n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c
ALEKSEY TROSHIN / SHUTTERSTOCK (KIWI); TIM UR / SHUTTERSTOCK (PEACH, ORANGE, APPLE); SYDA
PRODUCTIONS / SHUTTERSTOCK (KIWI HALF); MAKS NARODENKO / SHUTTERSTOCK (PEACH HALF);
VALENTINA PROSKURINA / SHUTTERSTOCK (WATERMELON); SOMMAI / SHUTTERSTOCK (APPLE HALF)

Nature

EAGLES BUILD

An eagle mother
and father pick a
tall tree to build
their nest in.

STICK

Both parents
help build the
nest. They gather
sticks and weave
them together.

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The birds GRASS
line the nest
with grass,
feathers, and
other soft
things. Then
the mother
eagle lays her
eggs in it.

CHICKS The eggs hatch
into baby birds.
DAVIDHOFFMAN PHOTOGRAPHY / SHUTTERSTOCK (1); JAMESBREY / ISTOCK / Both Mom and
GETTY IMAGES (2); KELLY FUNK / GETTY IMAGES (3); PAUL REEVES PHOTOGRAPHY / Dad take care
SHUTTERSTOCK (4); ADAM JONES / GETTY IMAGES (EAGLE IN FLIGHT) of the babies.

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Anatomy

BLACK-TAILED

JACKRABBIT

Black-tailed jackrabbits Giant
live in grasslands ears help the
and deserts. Lots of jackrabbit hear
animals want to eat the hungry animals
jackrabbit. Here are a getting close.
few things that help
it stay safe.

Black-tailed A jackrabbit
jackrabbits leap has eyes on the
in a zigzag style sides of its head
to get away from so it can see all
hungry animals. around—even
behind itself.

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Its nose Eagles, hawks,
is always foxes, bobcats,
sniffing for the and coyotes eat
smell of other
animals. jackrabbits.

The color
of its fur blends

in with rocks,
shadows, and plants.

That helps it hide
from hungry
animals.

Big feet help The
the jackrabbit jackrabbit’s
jump. Every few strong back legs
jumps, it hops take long, fast
higher to look leaps. It can move
as fast as
for danger.
a car.
ROBERTA OLENICK / GETTY IMAGES (JACKRABBIT EARS);
THOMAS JANISCH / GETTY IMAGES (BIG PICTURE) 21n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c

OBSERVATION

PUPPY PUZZL

This puzzle is missing three pieces. Point to each
piece that’s not in the puzzle yet. Use your finger
to draw a line from that piece to where it goes in
the puzzle.

Can you ANETAPICS / SHUTTERSTOCK (PUPPY);
count all the © ERIC BACCEGA / MINDEN PICTURES (COVER)
pieces in this

puzzle?

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wild cards

EASTERN GRAY KANGAROOS

eastern gray
kangaroos

FUN FACTs
A female kangaroo is often
called a flyer. A boomer is a
male. A group of kangaroos is
called a mob, and a baby is a joey.

© MITSUAKI IWAGO / MINDEN PICTURES

wild cards

GRAY HERON

gray heron

FUN FACTs
Gray herons can stand very still
for hours. They wait patiently for
food to pass by. They eat fish,
frogs, and other small animals.

KLEIN-HUBERT / KIMBALL STOCK

wild cards

MEXICAN FIRELEG TARANTULA

Mexican
fireleg
tarantula

FUN FACTs
A tarantula is a kind of spider.
The Mexican fireleg tarantula
lives in Mexico. It grows to be
about the size of a small plate.

© KIM TAYLOR / NPL / MINDEN PICTURES

wild cards

GUANACO

guanaco

FUN FACTs
If a guanaco feels threatened,

it may spit at whatever is
making it nervous. Guanacos

live in South America.

© INGO ARNDT / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY

wild cards

YELLOW BOXFISH

yellow
boxfish

FUN FACTs
This fish got its name from
its box-shaped yellow body. Its
bright color fades as the

boxfish gets older.

© LINDA PITKIN / NHPA / PHOTOSHOT

wild cards

WILDCAT

wildcat

FUN FACTs
Wildcats make the same
sounds as pet cats. They meow,

purr, hiss, and growl.

© PHILIPPE CLEMENT / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY

OBSERVATION © SUZI ESZTERHAS / MINDEN PICTURES

Answer: CCritter Corner
What do you think this sea otter is doing?

A. Laughing B. Catching fish C. Grooming its fur

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